The group is Libertarians. They favor chaos not government. In some respects our government is too big and poorly focused, but I am far from ready to be a Libertarian. Anyway, in the US, ALL third parties are completely irrelevant, unless they manage to repackage their ideas to resonate with disenchanted members of one of the two dominant parties, and affect that party's votes..
I was amused by the desire to go back to law we overthrew in 1776. ________________________________ From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:44:53 AM Subject: [USMA:47369] Re: Political opinion on metrication I'd just like to know who even raised the subject for that writer and how metrication got on his list. English common law? No need to be bound by it on this question, since an article in the U.S. Constitution specifies the source of the U.S. measurement standard. Paul Trusten Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org [email protected] +1(432)528-7724 On May 15, 2010, at 5:15, Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> wrote: Dear All, > > >Those of you interested in the politics of metrication might like to read this >commentary. The relevant bit to the metric system is in point number 8. > > >http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/05/george-phillies-answers-eric-sundwalls-questions > > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin >Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain >from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html >PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, >Geelong, Australia >Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > >Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped >thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric >system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands >each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat >provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and >professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in >Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, >Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the >USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, >contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free >'Metrication matters' newsletter go >to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. >
